Cadell ap Gruffydd

Cadell ap Gruffydd (1112-1175) was Prince of Deheubarth from 1143 to 1153, succeeding Anarawd ap Gruffydd and preceding Maredudd ap Gruffydd.

Biography
Cadell was the son of Gruffydd ap Rhys, and he helped his brother Anarawd ap Gruffydd and the Gwynedd brothers Owain Gwynedd and Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd in the assault on Cardigan Castle. In 1143, Anarawd was murdered by Cadwaladr's men, and Cadell became the new ruler of Deheubarth. In 1146, he captured the castles of Carmarthen and Llanstephan, and he reclaimed southern Ceredigion from Gwynedd in 1150. In 1151, however, he was horribly wounded by Normans during a hunt in Tenby, and he left the throne to his younger brother Maredudd ap Gruffydd in 1153 as he went on a pilgrimage to Rome. He died in 1175.